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Staff at King & Wood Mallesons will no longer receive weekly salary payments for January. | 9yrs

Volkswagen staring down multibillion-pound class action brought by UK motorists | 9yrs

Cadwalader's Brussels office head Alec Burnside is among the new recruits. | 9yrs

So far, the confirmation hearing for President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Attorney-General has been just as heated as we all expected. | 9yrs

2 Bedford Row barrister Brian Altman QC has been called in to rescue the flailing inquiry. | 9yrs

The controversy surrounding Judge Patricia Lynch QC has fueled heated debate around how judges should respond to abusive behaviour in their courtrooms. | 9yrs

The majority of US law firm leaders are expecting demand for legal services to make modest progress in the coming year. | 9yrs

Around 180 personal assistant (PA) roles have been placed under review. | 9yrs

The single-partner Brussels outpost will be the City firm's only office outside of London. | 9yrs

Beleaguered King & Wood Mallesons is buying time as it attempts to negotiate an eleventh-hour deal with the firm's Chinese partnership. | 9yrs

Even as other underrepresented groups are making incremental gains, the progress of black women among the ranks of the corporate law remains stagnant. | 9yrs

Resident Singapore partner Nathan Bush is leaving behind the firm he has called home for more than 15 years. | 9yrs

A new keyboard designed just for lawyers is designed to take the multi-click frustration out of inserting section symbols into legal briefs. | 9yrs

Goodwin Procter will be taking on five young lawyers who previously held training contracts with embattled King & Wood Mallesons. | 9yrs

Kennedys has formalised its relationship with three-office Italian firm Studio Legal Rinaldi Associati (RASS). | 9yrs

A psychometric testing game called 'Cosmic Cadet' will be used to help single out star applicants. | 9yrs

Employment partner Carl Richards and private equity partner Will Holder are among the new recruits rescued from King & Wood Mallesons. | 9yrs

A well-known fashion designer was beaten and arrested in Turkey earlier this week. | 9yrs

FIFA is hoping that two specialist labour lawyers might be able to help mediate conflicts with staff as the world football governing agency enters a period of seismic change. | 9yrs